| Season | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Champions | América-MG |
| Promoted | América-MG Ponte Preta |
| Relegated | Mogi Mirim Sergipe Moto Club Central Goiatuba |
| Top goalscorer | Tupãzinho (América-MG) - 13 |
| Biggest home win | América-MG 5-0 Tuna Luso (November 9, 1997) |
| Biggest away win | Moto Club 1-4 Gama (August 17, 1997) |
| Highest scoring | Tuna Luso 5-3 Moto Club (August 13, 1997) |
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1997, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 9 to December 7, 1997. The competition had 25 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and five were relegated to Série C. The competition was won by América-MG.
América-MG finished the final phase group with the most points, and was declared 1997 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 1998 Série A along with Ponte Preta, the runners-up. The five worst ranked teams in each group (Mogi Mirim, Sergipe, Moto Club, Central and Goiatuba) were relegated to play Série C in 1998.
Teams
First phase
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
 Tuna Luso |
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 15 | |
 Atlético-GO |
8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | |
| Remo |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
 Moto Club |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |
Source:
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ceará |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
| Paysandu |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 14 | |
 ABC |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | |
 Santa Cruz |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| Central |
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |
Source:
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CRB |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
 América-MG |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 13 | |
| Vila Nova |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | |
| Náutico |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
 Sergipe |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |
Source:
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ponte Preta |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 17 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
 Desportiva |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 14 | |
 Americano |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Botafogo-SP |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | |
| Goiatuba |
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |
Source:
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Londrina |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 16 | Advance to the Round of 16 |
 Joinville |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 14 | |
| XV de Piracicaba |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | |
| Volta Redonda |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | |
| Mogi Mirim |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | Relegated to the Série C 1998 |
Source:
Second phase
| Teams | Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | Agg. |
| ABC |
1:7 | Gama |
2:2 | 0:3 | 1:3 | 3:8 |
| Vila Nova |
4:4 | Ceará |
2:0 | 1:1 | 0:1 | 3:2 |
| Americano |
3:6 | CRB |
2:1 | 0:2 | 1:5 | 3:8 |
| XV de Piracicaba |
1:7 | Ponte Preta |
1:1 | 1:2 | 0:1 | 2:4 |
| Náutico1 |
4:4 | Londrina |
2:1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | 3:3 |
| América-MG |
7:1 | Desportiva |
2:0 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 5:2 |
| Paysandu |
4:4 | Tuna Luso |
2:1 | 0:0 | 0:4 | 2:5 |
| Atlético-GO |
0:6 | Joinville |
1:2 | 1:2 | — | 2:4 |
1Náutico qualified after defeating Londrina on a penalty shoot-out.
Third phase
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponte Preta |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Náutico |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |
| CRB |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | |
| Gama |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 |
Source:
Group G
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América-MG |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Advanced to the Final phase |
| Vila Nova |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 | |
| Joinville |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |
| Tuna Luso |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 |
Source:
Final phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | AMG | PON | NAU | VIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América-MG | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Promoted to Série A 1998 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | Náutico | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 4 | Vila Nova | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
Source:
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América-MG | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 46 | Promoted to 1998 Série A |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 46 | |
| 3 | Náutico | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 33 | Reached Final phase group |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 29 | |
| 5 | CRB | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 29 | Reached Third phase |
| 6 | Joinville | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Gama | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 24 | |
| 8 | Tuna Luso | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 23 | |
| 9 | Ceará | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 21 | Reached the Second phase |
| 10 | Londrina | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 19[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 11 | Paysandu | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 18 | |
| 12 | Desportiva | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 15 | |
| 13 | Americano | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 15 | |
| 14 | ABC | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | |
| 15 | XV de Piracicaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 12 | |
| 16 | Atlético-GO | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 | |
| 17 | Botafogo-SP | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | |
| 18 | Remo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 19 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | |
| 20 | Santa Cruz | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| 21 | Mogi Mirim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | Relegated to 1998 Série C |
| 22 | Sergipe | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | |
| 23 | Moto Club | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | |
| 24 | Central | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | |
| 25 | Goiatuba | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
Source:
Notes:
Notes:
- ↑ 1 point deducted?
Sources
- "Brazil Second Level 1997". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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